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Spin-orbit Capture

Spin-Orbit Capture is a dynamical resonance mechanism in celestial mechanics whereby a celestial body's rotational period becomes commensurate with its orbital period due to tidal torques, resulting in a stable, synchronized orientation relative to its primary.

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Mercury's capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance as a result of its chaotic dynamics

A. C. M. Correia, J. Laskar · Nature · 2004 · 192 citations

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Spin–orbit coupling for tidally evolving super-Earths

Adrián Rodríguez, Nelson Callegari, T. A. Michtchenko · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2012 · 67 citations · Full text

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Spin-orbit coupling in the solar system.1 The resonant rotation of Venus

Peter Goldreich, S. J. Peale · The Astronomical Journal · 1967 · 53 citations

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Two Alternatives for the History of the Moon

Hannes Alfvén, Gustaf Arrhenius · Science · 1969 · 35 citations

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A pre-Caloris synchronous rotation for Mercury

M. A. Wieczorek, A. C. M. Correia, M. Le Feuvre et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2011 · 28 citations · Full text

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  1. AC
    A. C. M. Correia

    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, France

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  2. JL
    J. Laskar

    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, France

    2 publications · 220 citations

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  3. NR
    Nicolas Rambaux

    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, France

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  4. MB
    Martín Baron

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. SJ
    S. J. Peale

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  1. Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes

    Écully, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    384 citations

  2. Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    384 citations

  3. Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  4. Roche (France)

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    192 citations

  5. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  7. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    40 citations

  8. University of Aveiro

    Aveiro, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    192 citations

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  1. Science

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 1 publications · 53 citations

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  5. Surface Science

    1 publications · 10 citations

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